Prosecutors Amend Indictment Of McAfee Exec

Law360, New York (August 7, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT) -- Federal prosecutors have dropped four of the seven charges originally filed against McAfee Inc. executive Kent Roberts, amending the original indictment in the stock options backdating case to remove allegations that Roberts changed the grant date on options earmarked for McAfee's CEO.

In a newly modified indictment filed on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, federal prosecutors removed four charges that accused the former general counsel of changing the grant date on stock options given to McAfee CEO George Samenuk....